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# delineation

«delineation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A drawing or outline that shows the shape of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural delineations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, old use) A drawing or outline that shows the shape of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/#m1)

2) A clear description that shows what something is like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories the word names a drawing or description of beings or places; it is formal and rare in talk

### examples

- The artist's delineation of the castle was very fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/#x1)
- A map is a delineation of the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/#x2)
- His delineation of the people was clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «delineation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delineation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.